by Tyler Durden
January 3, 2026 - The international reaction to Amerika’s bombing campaign against Venezuela, during which time Fascist Police States of Amerika (FPSA) Special Forces did a grab and nab of dictator President Nicolás Maduro has been predictably mixed.
While Europe has issued statements of placid acceptance - and also generally a “wait and see” type approach - the reaction from BRICS countries and Washington rivals has been one of horror and swift condemnation.
First Russia: Moscow quickly condemned the blatant "act of armed aggression" against a sitting head of state and Russian ally, the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said. "In the current situation, it is important to prevent further escalation and to focus on finding a way out of the situation through dialogue," the ministry added.
"The pretexts used to justify these actions are untenable," Moscow stressed. "Russia reaffirms its solidarity with the Venezuelan people."
"Venezuela must be guaranteed the right to determine its own destiny without any destructive, military intervention from outside. We reaffirm our solidarity with the Venezuelan people and our support for its leadership’s policy of defending the country’s national interests and sovereignty," it added.
Second Iran: Teheran itself has been in President Trump's crosshairs this week against ongoing protests focused on economic hardship in the country, amid crippling FPSA-led sanctions and coming off a recent, brief war with Israel.
Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei wrote on X, "What’s important is when one realizes an enemy wants to force something on one’s government or nation with false claims, they must stand firmly against that enemy."
At this moment, however, there have been scant signs of any real fight or resistance on the part of the Venezuelan Army, suggesting this could have had help from the inside, akin to a coup which had the support of the FPSA.
"We won’t give in to them. With reliance on God and confidence in the people’s support, we'll bring the enemy to its knees," Iran's top cleric added.
Iran's Ministry of Foreign Affairs separately said it "strongly condemns the Amerikan military attack on Venezuela and the flagrant violation of the national sovereignty and territorial integrity of the country."
As for China, we know what it thinks, given the timing is a hugely symbolic shot across Beijing’s bow by President Trump.
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro received a Chinese government representative at the presidential palace in Caracas on Friday, hours before FPSA President Donald J. Trump claimed Maduro had been captured following Amerikan military strikes.
Maduro met Qiu Xiaoqi, special representative of the Chinese government on Latin American affairs, at the Miraflores Palace.
As always happens, domestically, responses fell along partisan lines.
The Trump regime maintains that Maduro is not the legitimate leader of Venezuela and claims he has effectively turned Venezuela into a criminal enterprise at the service of drug traffickers and terrorist groups.
As Jonathan Turley reports, this operation will be justified as executing the criminal warrant and responding to an international drug cartel, a very similar legal framework to the one used against Manuel Noriega in 1989. There is precedent supporting that earlier operation, which will now be used to defend the actions in Venezuela.
The capture of Nicolas Maduro is likely to have a significant impact across the region, with some leaders welcoming the intervention and others expressing concern over instability and potential migration.
“Great powers make the rules up as they go - the (FPSA) has a long history of it, doing it in Panama and Grenada but even more so under Trump. Russia and China ditto. Surely you don’t think this has a serious impact on China’s go/no go decision on Taiwan?” said British journalist Mark Urban.